₦airaland Forum

alaladakosta: But Seriously yoruba men are are lazy, low life , losers. They don't have no future plans, am not saying all of them, cus am Yoruba. But many of them give up easily.

Shutout to ma ibo brothers, men nigga can go any lent to make a change. Drug, rituals name it.

rickkid: I was wondering which Nigeria the OP was on about Certainly not this Nigeria I know where everybody is hustling to achieve their dream. Where I work, about 65% of the staff are women and many of them are single, some are married, some even have kids - it doesn't stop them from working. Even from my mother's generation women have not been slacking I mean for heavens sake my mum was making more money than my dad when they got married and this was in 1976! What on earth is the OP talking about??

Lol safarigirl maybe you just surround yourself with very lazy people. No woman I know is content to find husband and make babies.

livinbygrace: After all ur degree,u ll end up in a man's house.just imagine patience without Jonathan,Sade okoya without Okoya,remi Tinubu without Jagaban,Stella without obasanjo
The list is endless.The challenges re more on men than women.I keep saying it easier for a woman to be successful.All you need is just be serious and follow the right man or have you ever heard where a man move into a woman's house after wedding ?
So to all beautiful angels out there ,success is not all about education.Just be serious and more focus,with God's grace u ll surely get a good loving husband.
Thank me later!!

EbolaParasite: Here's my problem with your statement - You make it seem like the ultimate goal of going to school is TO WORK in the corporate world.
The reason girls are sent to school is to get an EDUCATION and ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE.
If she chooses to be an Educated Housewife - so be it. The most important thing is that she is not an ILLITERATE.
Educated Women help marriages blossom. Some housewives help their husbands do their accounting etc.
The so-called boutique you are criticizing is not a bad idea at all. What is wrong with the hubby getting the wife a boutique and she puts her education into good use and turns a 50,000 naira boutique to a multi-million naira franchise?

I know a woman who opened a store and started selling groceries as a housewife with her husband's initial investment. The husband worked for an oil company that starts with "S" and they were very comfortable. She grew the store to a multi-million naira outfit that they both run today. Husband is now retired.

Not everyone will be a lawyer, engineer, doctor etc. There is nothing wrong with women chosing to get married. You can chose to be career and oriented and be a Condolezza rice or maintain a balance between both and be a Hilary Clinton or chose to have a happy family while you raise your kids like the numerous women around. Nothing wrong with it.

sauer: As much as i like to hear talks like this, i rarely believe the women, especially Nigerian women, who churn out these concepts. You girls can so scream on paper like you are sure of yourselves and will always put your career ahead of any other thing.

But when it all comes down to it, one finds out you really don't have that stomach. Yes, you clearly don't. The ones who chicken out mostly are those educated in Nigeria, cultured in an environment that makes them second-class citizens.

I say it and stand on it. I'm yet to see that Nigerian girl who cares so much about her career to want to keep marriage at bay. Do you actually realize that okonjo-iweala's surgeon husband was cheating on her and was even blackmailed while at it? How many of you girls have the stomach for that? How many of you are not so carried away by that fantasy of 'my husband this' my husband that', 'happily ever after', 'no divorce', 'golden wedding'. All bull.s.hit without boundary.

Safarigirl, abi what do they call you. It's not enough to type the words. After you have walked the talk, write a book and then buzz me!

Onegai: Try telling this to even men of nowadays.

I got a job last year (very prestigious if not big on salary, could make my career) that took me out of Lagos for less than 2 months. My bf started avoiding my calls and broke up with me on the phone after, saying "oh I can't give you what you want, you were gone, I felt neglected, blah blah". I hissed (okay I pretended to be upset to make him feel guilty ) and moved on.

Next guy who came toasting, I was working long hours on and off in Lagos, maybe 2-3 days a week, other days I'd be home. He started complainig about "so is this how it will be after marriage??" We were not even dating sef.

Current bobo, I'm slowly training him to leave me over weekends to give me space, he's not too happy.

Everyone asks women "when are you getting married?" One relative declared to me (when I told her about something I had achieved) "the crown on a woman's head is Marriage".

When Society and Nigerian men expect you as a woman to be constantly available at their beck-and-call, you're not going to be motivated to achieve much.

You cannot have it all. Every hour you spend worrying about your business is an hour away from your loved ones, every hour you spend with your loved ones is an hour away from making money. What you can do is achieve a balance, maybe 60-40 in whatever way you choose.

Emmalot121: Mumus and dimwits,that do not think God exist,just find a means of tanishing image of religion, just to confuse themselves that a universe as mighty as this has no creator.Did you read the bible where it said:Let he who does not work not eat. I downloaded quran and read where it said women have the reward for their labour.Stop this nonsense.If you believe God does not exist,hide your tought and live your life.
You can say religion,societal love for women and our beautiful culture has some little loopholes that help women to shelter because of the situation in society.GO BACK TO HELL YOU CAME FROM.

sheniqua: Rubbish!
The number of wealthy men in Nigeria is negligible and for the few wealthy ones, no be woman go marry them?
Will they marry themselves?

Most Nigerian women work even after marriage so I have no clue what this is about

niggereyez: OP... sorry but I don't totally agree wit u. if u keep the right company (no offence intended), u'll know that there are many more visionary women in our society today..
truelly, gone are those days when women are satisfied being just housewives.

ayusco85: Well don't blame the girls o, blame the society they found themselves in. They made marriage seem like the ultimate goal for every lady. That has beclouded lots of girls who don't even know what they can achieve because they are only looking forward to finish schl and get married.

zizazizu: It is difficult to think outside that line. Women live in an environment where they are viewed as that, told as that and expected to behave as that. In fact, to go outside that line of thought would be considered unafrican. But that is where this article is apt. If u think like others, u lose ur own identity. Nice one op.

iwonbaoko: Someone already showed a list of states by GDP on this thread have a look at that or google it. In terms of competing with Lagos that is "potentially". Imo state has some oil and with the righ economic policies and governance it should "compete"

ketoprofen: Hausa made shoes are different from the ones that usually flood the mkt, which are Aba made.
Stop telling people that live in Lagos what is obtainable there.
Now, go and stand at Enugu Onitsha expressway and count the number of lorries that carry Aba made shoes and clothes to Lagos each day.

bossmini84: From last year statistics nike sold ova 100 million foot wears and wen u put into consideration that the cheapest of these shoes is over $20 that's around 4000 nike had a revenue of over $10 billion last year on foot wears. But u knw globalization most of their factory workers in chaina vietnam earn less than $400 a month. If the aba guys can increase their output and quality they have a potential 50 million customers in nigeria alone.
As for lagos it is the largest earner by a large margin. Take for instance the lekki toll gate generates 15 million naira per day take a look. http://www.punchng.com/feature/lcc-makes-n15m-a-day-on-lekki-toll-gate-investigation/
That is probably half of the tax revenue the aba market generates per day. The average biz office in VI pays over 500k per anum when on various govt task and I can tel u there are thousand of bussiness of the island. Let's put it at a paltry 5000 bizs u know how much that is the truth lagos is the most covered ur Gold mine in govt. I can tell you that only 1/3 of the revenue is reported.

ketoprofen: See this one.
Even the ones made in Lagos are done by Aba people.

gboss4sure: Most Lagosians doesn't realize that the shoes and slippers they buys in Lagos between N5,000 and N15,00 are made in aba and sold for N1500 to N300. If you visit ariaria shoe industry and see how many Lagosians and Abuja based business men are trooping to buy goods from there you will be surprised.

The only thing killing Aba is BAD ROADS which is as a result of Bad Government and lack of opposition.

yorubakid1: omoibos are the brain box of Nigeria.Am a truthful yorubakid and I will always live by the truth.
Without omoibos, Nigeria will be nothing

onyengbu:

rezzy: My children will be only play with children of the same belief

lagcity: aaahh! You think I am joking? Atheist? They gonna kill you! In Nigeria, it is better to believe in Guru Maharaji than open your mouth and say there is no God at all. If you are gay, guys might not talk to you but some girls would still be friends with you. If you are atheist, nobody will come near you, even other atheists wont come near you for fear of exposure. Even if you are in a danfo, people will say make you come down so that the bus wont have accident. You don't know Nigeria .

maxisfield: U mus b an alien..welcm to ma own world

maxisfield: Hope ur world is changed alredy

maxisfield: Is lyk apple is givin out d iphone 6 free or are dey payin for it

samplegirl: Madness in the highest order! What will happen if I wait to buy it next month? People will not loose sleep to seek the face the Lord but they will wait days in the open to buy end-time products that have its inspiration from India.

Quote me, when the antichrist will manifest this is how people will queue to collect their 666 number.

Rubbish!!!!!!!!!

Aitee1: Ways in which people enslaves themselves is actually much I swear...

ladythursday: Our values are different

barcanista: I observe that Amnesty Int'l and others only come up with tales of human right violation whenever Nigeria Army is scoring high against Boko Terrorists. Is this a form of blackmail or what?

maxit2: Dude it's the 21st century. By now you should be ashamed to mention the word TRIBE..


Check your map. You'd see that every region in the world that still addresses themselves as TRIBESMEN are the most underdeveloped and cursed-like people on earth.........

Just be Nigerian and proud. Furk that Oduduwa or Biafra BullCRrap. It's all bullcrrap.